Prior to the curtain opening

Before the show begins, the house lights go down and the audience instinctively quiets itself.

There’s a sense of anticipation. Of expectation.

Dimming the lights is a signal: something great is about to happen.

In your own projects, presentations, and events — public and private — what do you do to create that feeling?

Music, lighting, furniture placement, clothing, gestures... any one of these can be used, with intention, to create that light-dimming feeling of, “something special is about to occur.”